EPTXCOM: Enemy Unknown - Page 7
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DannyJ
United States5110 Posts
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Odoakar
Croatia1837 Posts
http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/ns2k61/xcom--enemy-unknown-team-gt-ufo-walkthrough | ||
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Rannasha
Netherlands2398 Posts
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Traeon
Austria366 Posts
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-Archangel-
Croatia7457 Posts
On September 26 2012 18:08 Traeon wrote: It looks like a good game but the PC UI is terrible. What do you expect when the lead producer says he wanted to finish console version first and then went to PC team and asked them how are they doing :D | ||
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Odoakar
Croatia1837 Posts
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DaCruise
Denmark2457 Posts
On September 28 2012 02:45 Odoakar wrote: Well, it seems regardless of going to China or US for the demo mission, it's the same level Lol, someone is desperate! | ||
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myopia
United States2928 Posts
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YMCApylons
Taiwan359 Posts
On September 26 2012 07:41 XaI)CyRiC wrote: If all of the above stays the same in the final release, I have to say that I'd be quite disappointed at the removal/changes of some of those detailed mechanics. Time units was a huge part of the game, and I really liked how it worked. Dumbing down that part of the game would be a huge hit to the depth of the game unless something else is added in its place. I really hope that the ability to have soldiers drop or throw items to each other makes it in. Having the right equipment for a mission was huge, and figuring out ways to allocate it among your troops before and during missions was another bit of fun strategy. The significant consequences to being injured played a large part in the atmosphere of the game because you were always tense and on edge about making sure you proceeded carefully through dark environments/maps to avoid getting injured. Having to bring along at least one soldier who could act as a medic was another strategic nuance I liked. The lack of friendly fire (if true) would take away from the game as well because it, again, made you really have to think whether a shot was worth taking. I really hope the game isn't dumbed down significantly... :/ Both of you guys expressed my problems with the new XCOM. Basically they whored themselves out for console gamers to make an XCOM-lite for idiots. | ||
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Arevall
Sweden1133 Posts
On September 26 2012 13:39 DannyJ wrote: Terrible demo but i liked the game. I'll take any turn based shit i can get. That genre needs more love. Yeah, I'm like a crack addict - I get hooked on any turn based shit I get my hands off - some worse, some better. And some that shouldn't even be touched with a pole. Edit: To above poster: I agree, although I've come to terms with that. I think I will at least get some enjoyment out of the game | ||
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Dranak
United States464 Posts
I definitely agree that the apparent lack of friendly fire for non-explosive weapons seems to be a mistake, especially in a tactical game which seems to place heavy emphasis on positioning. I haven't seen any evidence either way if having a teammate in your line of fire at least decreases your accuracy (as they block part of your shot) or not. Hopefully you'll at least be punished that much for poor positioning. I'm still not entirely sold on the replacement TU system. It doesn't seem bad, but the flexibility does seem somewhat limited. I'm hoping that the way weapons are balanced (accuracy, magazine size, etc) will still create some degree of uniqueness between them. I also understand that TUs were a pretty opaque system that's hard to figure out exactly what you can/can't do in a given turn, so I'm willing to give it a shot. I'm thinking this game will be good, but I'm also keeping an eye on Xenonauts for a closer feel to the original with a better interface. | ||
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iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
I get that! But it doesn't stop me from being fucking ecstatic for this game. I played it at PAX Prime and it was fantastic. I cannot wait to play it in a little over a week. | ||
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Random()
Kyrgyz Republic1462 Posts
On September 29 2012 04:38 Arevall wrote: Yeah, I'm like a crack addict - I get hooked on any turn based shit I get my hands off - some worse, some better. And some that shouldn't even be touched with a pole. Edit: To above poster: I agree, although I've come to terms with that. I think I will at least get some enjoyment out of the game Exactly how I feel :D Although I mostly keep replaying Xcom 1 and Xcom 3 (Apocalypse) every now and then, they really never get old. I wonder why I never got into JA2. | ||
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Hargol
United States52 Posts
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YMCApylons
Taiwan359 Posts
On September 29 2012 13:20 Hargol wrote: All of the rewards for people pre-purchasing on steam are unlocked. So if you want free cosmetic items for your soldiers or a free copy of civ V (available instantly) now is a good time! LOL, free copy of Civ5, shows you how successful that sequel was. Which reminds me, I need to bust out Civ4:BTS again. One-unit-one-tile was a total disaster. On September 29 2012 04:45 iNcontroL wrote: remakes are never as good as the original and part of that is nostalgia and us wanting a game that isn't updated/changed. I get that! But it doesn't stop me from being fucking ecstatic for this game. I played it at PAX Prime and it was fantastic. I cannot wait to play it in a little over a week. I hear you, I gave it a chance, downloaded the demo. It will still be a good game, but it's not XCOM. Even SC2 manages to capture most of the essence of BW, but the new XCOM bears very little resemblance to the original XCOM in any of the fundamental game mechanics. I read/watched all the dev interviews, and they gave reasonable-sounding (but ultimately unconvincing) justifications for each change. But if you sit back and look at the cumulative effects of the changes, it's pretty obvious. The game has been intentionally dumbed-down for consoles. Maybe that's just industry reality. Maybe to get the money needed for a AAA title, you need the console revenue. Fine. I'll play Xenonauts alpha for now, and come back to XCOM in a year, after it's been patched and modded. As the EG figurehead you need to stay relentlessly upbeat about everything remotely game-related, I get that. But I don't. | ||
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rebuffering
Canada2436 Posts
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mucker
United States1120 Posts
XCOM is clearly different things to different people. Seems like some people in this thread would be happy with anything turn based where you fight aliens. The tiny squads and simplistic mechanics cannot give me the experience I'm looking for. Reading about the simplified base management turned me off too. Also I find it hard to trust Fireaxis to deliver a well made game. They did a completely dogshit job implementing Civ5, it took them a lot of patches and a big expansion to get that game to a point where I felt comfortable recommending it to friends. | ||
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Snotling
Germany885 Posts
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-Archangel-
Croatia7457 Posts
I need something to survive until the game comes out :D | ||
Myles
United States5162 Posts
45 minutes video showing alien base assault. edit:fyi since it happened a few times through the video, overwatch shots through walls are supposedly fixed in the release version. and holy shit if that wasn't a bug when shots went through friendly units without them taking damage... | ||
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